Thank you guys. Now I know what I always wanted for birthday. Is there a specific model you can recommend? And/or good tutorials for the major programs. These are so complex nowadays that you need months to fight your way through the documantations.

Exploring and messing around is the best tutorial you can follow. I usually search online or ask the pros when I'm stuck on something. If you feel more comfortable, go ahead. There are plenty of free "classes" available for download for new artists.

If you want a Bamboo, the basic, $70 version works great. If you want something more special, just make sure it's name brand. They're all pretty good.

As for the programs, Adobe has free starter tutorials on their website I think, if that's what you're talking about. I don't know about Gimp or anything like that, but there's probably tutorials on YouTube.

EDIT: And searching for "Photoshop tutorials" or "Illustrator tutorials" brings up websites with hundreds of cool walkthroughs on how to do certain things in programs.

knolli wrote:Thank you guys. Now I know what I always wanted for birthday. Is there a specific model you can recommend? And/or good tutorials for the major programs. These are so complex nowadays that you need months to fight your way through the documantations.

If you mean a tablet, get a Wacom.I have a Large Intuos, its probably too big. So get a Small or Medium.If you want to spend less money get a Bamboo.